Photographer Terje Sorgjerd (who previously shot a beautiful time-lapse of aurora borealis) captured these awesome shots of the Milky Way from Pico del Teide on the Canary Islands. Watch as a Saharan sandstorm backlights the cosmic firmament.

A large sandstorm hit the Sahara Desert on the 9th April and at approx 3am in the night the sandstorm hit me, making it nearly impossible to see the sky with my own eyes. Interestingly enough my camera was set for a 5 hour sequence of the milky way during this time and I was sure my whole scene was ruined. To my surprise, my camera had managed to capture the sandstorm which was backlit by Grand Canary Island making it look like golden clouds.